Tracy Krohn

Tracy Krohn
Krohn at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality	American
Born	(1954-08-26) 26 August 1954 (age 70) Houston, Texas
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2006 –
Teams	White Lightning Racing, Krohn Racing
Best finish	19th (2007)
Class wins	0

Tracy William Krohn (born August 26, 1954, in Houston, Texas) is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.

Biography

He has a petroleum engineering degree from Louisiana State University and has worked as an engineer and drilling supervisor for Mobil Oil. Krohn founded W&T Offshore with $12,000 in 1983. He resides in Houston.

His racing team, Krohn Racing currently competes in the European Le Mans Series. In March 2007 he and Lola Racing Cars created Proto-Auto LLC and purchased a chassis design and Grand American Daytona Prototype Constructors Licence from Multimatic Motorsports, a racing car constructor, to build a Lola chassis for Grand-Am Daytona Prototype competition in 2008 and beyond.

Krohn entered the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011, finishing second in the GTE-Am class standings. Since 2012, the team competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. They started off with a Ferrari F458 Italia in GTE-Am, but since 2015 they compete in the LMP2 class with a Ligier JS P2 powered by Judd.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	White Lightning Racing Krohn Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	148	DNF	DNF
2007	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	314	19th	2nd
2008	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	12	DNF	DNF
2009	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	323	22nd	3rd
2010	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	197	DNF	DNF
2011	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GTE Am	123	DNF	DNF
2012	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	323	25th	3rd
2013	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	111	DNF	DNF
2014	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson Ben Collins	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	325	30th	10th
2015	Krohn Racing	João Barbosa Niclas Jönsson	Ligier JS P2-Judd	LMP2	323	32nd	12th
2016	Krohn Racing	João Barbosa Niclas Jönsson	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	338	22nd	13th
2017	DH Racing	Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	320	42nd	13th
2018	Eurasia Motorsport	Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	334	NC	NC
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Niclas Jönsson Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	-	WD	WD
Sources:[1][2]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2011	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0  V8	LEC	SPA 8	IMO 6	SIL 7	EST		NC	0
2015	Krohn Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL 4	IMO 5	RBR 5	LEC 5	EST 8		6th	46
2016	Krohn Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	IMO	RBR 9	LEC 8	SPA 10	EST	18th	19
2018	Krohn Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 4	MNZ 6	RBR 5	SIL 6	SPA Ret	ALG 5	8th	48
Source:[1]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
2012	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SEB 5	SPA 5	LMS 2	SIL 3	SÃO Ret	BHR 3	FUJ 2	SHA 3	57th	3.5
2013	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SIL 6	SPA 7	LMS Ret	SÃO 5	COA 8	FUJ 6	SHA Ret	BHR Ret	17th	32
Sources:[1][3]

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2014	Krohn Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	DAY 7	SEB 4	LBH	LGA 11	WGL 11	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 9	17th	119	[4]
2015	Krohn Racing	P	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	DAY 13	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET		20th	45	[5]
2016	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2 V10	DAY 19	SEB 15	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	COA	PET	40th	30	[6]
Source:[1]

See also

• Krohn Racing

References

1. "Tracy Krohn Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
2. "Tracy Krohn". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. "Tracy Krohn". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
4. "Tracy Krohn – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
5. "Tracy Krohn – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
6. "Tracy Krohn – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links

• Forbes – The 400 Richest Americans
• Tracy W. Krohn
• W&T Offshore
• Krohn Racing